http://toolmonger.com/2006/08/27/finds-wiss-quick-change-utility-knife/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:12:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://toolmonger.com/2006/08/27/finds-wiss-quick-change-utility-knife/#comment-693 Eli Golub Sun, 27 Aug 2006 17:31:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/08/27/finds-wiss-quick-change-utility-knife/#comment-693 The Wiss has essentially the same blade release as the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000051WTG/sr=8-1/qid=1156699510/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6170134-7850417?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow">Stanley</a>, which has doubled in weight over the last generation. I still carry the old model with the same release, but the release button is metal. Don't know why they made it heavier. If you don't mind extra weight, the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000TMLX0/ref=pd_sbs_hi_2/002-6170134-7850417?ie=UTF8" rel="nofollow">Alltrade</a> knife has a great release/ opening mechanism, and is cheap. It's just too heavy for me to carry in my back pocket all day. I can't wait for them to stop fatmaxing everything and start to lighten it all up. The Wiss has essentially the same blade release as the Stanley, which has doubled in weight over the last generation. I still carry the old model with the same release, but the release button is metal. Don’t know why they made it heavier.
If you don’t mind extra weight, the Alltrade knife has a great release/ opening mechanism, and is cheap. It’s just too heavy for me to carry in my back pocket all day. I can’t wait for them to stop fatmaxing everything and start to lighten it all up.

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